2002-02-21 145.5 4.8 30.31 ""
2009-07-09 398.9 13.46 29.64 "First tank on new car. Driving it like I would any other car before I became interested in maximizing fuel economy."
2009-07-15 318.5 10.84 29.38 "Still driving my old way."
2009-07-23 186 5.7 32.63 "Turned on the ECO indicator light. This is my first tank at trying to maximize economy."
2009-07-30 281.9 8.5 33.16 ""
2009-08-04 231.3 7.75 29.85 "Let my wife take it shopping out of town. She also decided to see if it was fast enough. FYI: At 85 miles per hour, the instant economy read 13 MPG (at wide open throttle). My daughter tattled on her ;-)"
2009-08-12 404.5 12.6 32.1 ""
2009-08-19 331.7 9.7 34.2 ""
2009-08-26 397.6 12.1 32.86 ""
2009-09-02 275.2 8.5 32.38 ""
2009-09-09 393.7 12.5 31.5 ""
2009-09-16 235.2 7.4 31.78 ""
2009-09-23 398.8 12.6 31.65 ""
2009-09-29 310.1 9.94 31.2 ""
2009-10-11 382.7 11.46 33.39 ""
2009-10-17 408.4 11.96 34.15 "About 50 miles into this fill-up. I put my new K&N filter in."
2009-10-23 415.2 12 34.6 ""
2009-10-29 210.8 5.8 36.34 ""
2009-11-04 325.4 10.21 31.87 "Wife drove out shopping again. (Our other vehicle is a Silverado pickup and it stays parked most of the time.) I should note that our mileage didn't suffer as much this time as her last outing. She might be coming around.
Last night I changed the oil to full synthetic 5W30. I'm looking forward to seeing if there's a mileage benefit."
2009-11-11 314.5 8.81 35.7 ""
2009-11-18 464.3 13.62 34.09 ""
2009-11-25 272 8.405 32.36 ""
2009-12-02 319.6 9.8 32.61 "I do not believe that the K&N air filter has added any benefit to the fuel economy of this car. I had high hopes, but don't see any evidence of an improvement. On the other hand, my wife is driving this car a little more and I think she's trying a little harder to improve her mileage."
2009-12-07 290.7 9.61 30.25 "This is such an uphill struggle to get decent fuel economy from this car. My wife and I share it, based on who has a greater distance to travel. But anything less than 32 mpg is such a HUGE disappointment :-("
2009-12-13 298.7 9.556 31.26 "During the colder weather, I've noticed that the car has to warm up most of the way before it will shift into overdrive. That doesn't have a positive effect on fuel economy :-("
2009-12-18 396.4 12.84 30.87 ""
2009-12-24 385 11.2 34.38 "My wife agreed to set the cruise control at 55 mph (65 zone, 50 RT miles) on her last trip to the doctor and it looks like it paid off in a big way. My fuel economy rebounded nicely :-)"
2009-12-31 328.9 10.7 30.74 ""
2010-01-06 273.7 8.68 31.53 ""
2010-01-13 254.3 7.9 32.19 ""
2010-01-20 376 11.75 32 ""
2010-01-26 382.5 12.2 31.35 ""
2010-02-01 397.6 11.8 33.69 ""
2010-02-09 374.7 12.4 30.22 ""
2010-02-17 404.6 12.4 32.63 ""
2010-02-18 420 13.27 31.65 ""
2010-02-21 414.5 12.7 32.64 ""
2010-02-22 363 9.8 37.04 ""
2010-03-01 357.1 10.81 33.03 ""
2010-03-05 266.8 8.3 32.14 ""